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But everyone listens to her. She is here; she is there; one thing she is not, is elusive.

During her long and illustrious career as the Voice of Badminton, Gillian Clark MBE has emoted many, many memorable phrases. Some are catchy; other make you wince; some are banal, others make you grin.

But after a couple of years following GC (metaphorically) to all the tournaments around the world, you build up your database of GCisms.

So here is the place to collect all your favourite GC phrases and words of wisdom, and create….

GCisms: The Definitive Gillian Clark Collection.Okay, so here’s a few to kick things off…

(softly) “It’s with shots loike that….. that took him to those pres-ti-gious toytills.”

(with passion) “…control of the net in men’s singles is AB-solutely critical.”

(amazed) “OH myyy… GOODnesss…???!!! How did she EVER get that one BACK??!!!”

I always find British commentators in sport apart from soccer (no disrespect here) very concise, straight to the point and very easy to listen. I think it's their pronunciation and the use of words the captivate me. Sometimes, its as if they are singing. "it's 3 match points, ........ make it 2 now....."

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